48151 hurries through
Meathop towards Grange over Sands with
todays "Cumbrian Coast Fellsman"
excursion from Carnforth to Ravenglass.
Another
steam excursion in the Northwest was this
Sheffield to Blackpool trip using 6233
from Crewe. The Duchess was captured
speeding north at Euxton Junction by Kevin Truby
48151 pulls
away from Grange with the returning
Furness Line tour.
9.05.2008
What started as another
pleasant day deteriorated by the
afternoon as 66611 climbed to Shap under
cloudy skies with coal empties for
Scotland.
The Grand
Scottish Railtour from Poole to Aviemore
followed, hauled by 67003 for this leg of
the journey.
An evening
shot of 66595 already clocking up the
miles on Heavy Haul coal trains, seen
here at Wellheads with this Ironbridge-Carlisle
working.
8.05.2008
33025 sets off from Carnforth this
morning with these four freshly painted
coaches heading for Tyseley. Picture
courtesy of Stuart Harrison.
Another warm sunny day and
up at Greenholm 66546 descends the hill
towards Tebay with the 6P24 Shap Quarry-Crewe
ballast train.
Also at
Greenholm, 66134 follows with the 6K05
carlisle-Crewe.
At Beckfoot, 57311 was on the next train
south, the Carlise-Chirk logs
And the one I was waiting for, newly
repainted 57602 Restormel Castle
heads south at Beckfoot only to return
north half an hour later to rescue the 1M44
mail from Shieldmuir.
A beautiful
evening again as 92003 heads the Carlisle-Eastleigh
Enterprise at Wellheads.
And finally
just as the light was fading 57602
returns south at Docker once more, this
time with the mail in tow running about
three hours late by now.
7.05.2008
A clear but hazy blue sky
above Grayrigg village this morning as
66623 Bill Bolsover heads the 6Z26
Crewe-Carlisle. Click on image for
alternate view.
92026
follows through Lambrigg with the Wembley-Irvine
china clay tanks.
At Beckhouses the empty stock from a
Peterborough to Oxenholme Northern Belle
excursion is taken north to Carlisle for
servicing behind 67029. Click on the
image for a shot of the train returning
south at Rowell
The 1Q26 Glasgow-Crewe measurement train
comes out of the Lune gorge at Low Gill.
A close up
of the front end of the 4M74 Coatbridge-Crewe
'liner reveals that 86612 is dit behind
86609+86622 as they descend through
Rowell. Click on the image though to
reveal the fact that I was well and truly
bowled by a northbound Pendolino !
And finally
66564 comes north at the same location
with a 4Z06 Ironbridge to Carlisle Yard.
Click on the images for full screen
versions.
6.05.2008
Warm and hazy weather
today at Elmsfield as 66561 returns from
Shap Quarry with the 6P24 ballast train
for Basford Hall.
The
Sellafield-Crewe 6K73 consisting of 20302+20306+20307+20310
and 4 FNAs clears Silverdale crossing and
traverses the marshland towards Carnforth.
90034
hitches a ride behind 92011 on the 6X12
Carlisle-Eastleigh seen here at Wellheads.
5.05.2008
With morning fog lingering
in places, I was fortunate to get this
clearance as 40145 wakes up the sleepy
town of Grange over Sands, restarting the
Compass Tour's Barrow-Aberystwyth
excursion.
Over on the
WCML a triple headed coal. 66008+66232+66081
head the 6S13 Warrington-New Cumnock
north of Oxenholme.
Conditions were not as bright up on the
S&C as 37417+37401 emerge from
Moorcock Tunnel with this Kingfisher
Swindon-Carlisle tour.
And the pair return south via the WCML,
seen here at a rather dull Beckfoot.
4.05.2008
Just a couple of shots
left over from yesterday evening as the
tours returned south. D1015 catches the
last of the evening sun at Wellheads in
the same location I filmed it coming
north
Another
shot of the tour at Wellheads in what was
by now a delightful warm spring evening.
Half an
hour later and there is just enough light
left for the returning Northern Belle
tour. Click on images to enlarge.
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